If you’re anything like me, you probably read a lot of books and forget a lot about them as well after reading them (also see: being ADHD)
Is there one specific book whose plot, characters, setting you just can’t get out of your mind and still think about today even when in the midst of another book?
For me, it’s 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. I think due to the sheer volume of this book (clocked in over 1000 pages) I was so invested in Tengo and Aomame’s stories that it’s quite impossible to forget them quickly. This is also why I prefer long novels, because they stick around in my memory for longer!
So what book is still stuck with you?
“I Who Have Never Known Men” and “A Little Life”. Both harrowing and compulsive reads.
I didn’t like I Who Have Never Known Men. It was repetitive and weird and there was never any explanation for anything, no meaningful relationships between characters, and I’m sure there was something conveyed about gender dynamics but I never got what it was. I’m sure it was very philosophical but I didn’t get it, so I was bored.